Osteospermum spinescens
Prodr. Pl. Cap., 166. 1800.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 383.
Shrubs, 10–30+ cm (stems becoming thorns). Leaf-blades cuneate to clavate, 3–12 (–20+) × 1–4+ mm, margins entire or distally toothed [lobed], faces ± arachnose, glabrescent, often ± stipitate-glandular distally. Peduncles 5–15+ mm. Phyllaries 5–8 (–12+), 4–8 mm (margins and tips often stipitate-glandular). Ray-florets 5–8 (–13+); corollas yellow to orange, laminae 4–8 (–15+) mm. Disc-florets 12–20+; corollas yellow to orange, 3–4 mm. Cypselae 8–10 mm (usually 3-winged). 2n = 20.
Phenology: Flowering Mar.
Habitat: Disturbed places
Elevation: 1800 m
Distribution
Introduced; N.Mex., Africa
Discussion
As of 2003, Osteospermum spinescens is known in the flora from a single plant that has persisted near Silver City for at least five years.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"broader" is not a number.
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tailed +
introrse +
connate +
rounded;truncate +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
penicillate +
continuous +
decurrent +
oblong;oblanceolate lanceolate or linear +
winged +
tuberculate +
ridged +
discernible +
stigmatic +
absent +
winged +
tuberculate +
8mm;10mm +
staminate +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +
true +
surrounding +
campanulate;hemispheric +
cuneate;clavate +
1mm;4mm +
cauline +
deltate +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
absent +
tough +
thick +
connate +
persistent +
distinct +
herbaceous +
equal +
Prodr. Pl. Cap., +
1800 +
pistillate +
fertile +
epaleate +
flat;conic +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;1;2 +
alternate +
procumbent +
erect +
2-branched +
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Osteospermum spinescens +
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